State v. Green

The indictment against defendant charges that he “did retail spirituous liquors without having first obtained a license.” It is founded upon section 910, Rev. St., reading that:

“Whoever shall keep a grog or tippling shop, or retail spirituous liquors without previously obtaining a license, shall,” &c.

A witness for defendant having testified to defendant’s general good character was asked, on cross-examination, whether defendant had not been, suspected of selling liquors without a license; and defendant objected to the question on the ground that “such testimony was irrelevant and inadmissible…